Beijing Waging ‘War on God’ in Persecuting Faith, Congress Hears
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Category: PERSECUTION OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Summary:
Former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback testified before the House Subcommittee on Africa on February 4, stating that the Chinese Communist Party is conducting a "war on God" by repressing faith. Brownback described religious freedom as a stabilizing force important for lasting peace and called threats to it a major global security issue. He emphasized that religious persecution is not just a human rights concern but a warning that broader freedoms are under threat. Brownback warned that suppressing faith often precedes the curtailment of other liberties.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:17 (NASB 1977)
"Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king."
Commentary:
Brownback’s warning about a state treating faith as an enemy fits Peter’s order: fear God first, even while honoring authorities. That priority line gets tested when censorship tightens around worship and speech. You can feel it in practical ways—churches monitored, online sermons removed, families choosing safer words at home. Prophetically, this pressure reflects the biblical pattern of governments expanding control by targeting allegiance to God before other liberties. Believers should keep their conscience clean and their public witness steady.
Prophetic Trend:
As governments frame faith as a security threat, religious suppression becomes an early marker of broader control expanding through censorship and centralized power.
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Source Excerpt:
WASHINGTON—The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is waging a “war on God” in its repression of faith, and appeasing such persecution will only invite greater aggression to the world, former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback told a packed congressional hearing on Feb. 4. Brownback, testifying at the House Subcommittee on Africa, cast religious freedom as a “stabilizing force” to ensure lasting peace and threats against it as a “major global security issue.” “Religious persecution is not an isolated human rights concern,” Brownback said. “It is a warning sign that freedom itself is under siege, and when regimes crush faith, they are rehearsing the suppression of every other liberty that follows.”......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 02-05-2026 18:33